The ambiguity of the character’s position is bad enough. Worse is the fact that she is surrounded by actors that gobble the scenery whenever they…
The ambiguity of the character’s position is bad enough. Worse is the fact that she is surrounded by actors that gobble the scenery whenever they are around. Jason Isaacs sucked the oxygen from every scene he was in. Even the secondary characters are larger than life. Tilly (Mary Wiseman) is a relative nobody on the crew. But she is the person you want to see in every scene.
Burnham does not need to be given more to do. The script keeps her plenty busy. She just needs to figure out who she wants to be. Can she forgive herself and move forward? We don’t know yet. But none of the other characters have that problem, especially Emperor Georgiou, may she live forever.
